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"Reed Kennedy" <cornerSP@mmail.com> wrote
>

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> Speaking as someone who's screwed up fairly majorly in the past, I think
> we need to also concider the mistakes of the downed rider himself.  Just
> because he got a bit roughed up and his bike was more or less shitcaned
> doesn't make him blameless.  He was riding thoughtlessly, stupidy.  He
> made -very- poor choices.  I've been riding with fairly quick riders
> occasionally recently, and the ability to just let 'em go is as important
> to riding safely as using both brakes or countersteering.  He didn't do
> that, and deserves some of our negative attention just as I have.

I couldn't agree more.  Every time you crash, it's your own damn fault, and
no excuses cut it.  But....

> Yes, motorcyclists need to watch out for each other.  But they also
respect each
> other.  When I ride with people, I want friends, not nannys.  I hope that
> Daniel and Andrew make somewhat different choices in the future, but I
> also hope they continue to respect the people that they ride with as
> individuals and adults.

They were out on a group ride.  GROUP ride.  They were riding together, from
point A to point B.  The ultimate differense between group and solo is that
you always have to be aware of your riding mates, to know where they are, to
keep an eye on them, etc.  And you have to act according to what you see.
If you see that others can't keep up, you slow down.  If someone crashes you
stop.  If someone crashes and you don't notice, it's not a group ride
anymore--it's a bunch of people on motorcycles acting irresponsibly.

IMHO.

Nikita.



  And I hope that in the future these people
> will be sensible to deserve that trust.
>
> Sigless Reed.